Backgammon Cheats

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a game of talent and luck. The goal is to shift your chips safely around the game board to your inside board while at the same time your opposing player shifts their chips toward their inside board in the opposing direction. With opposing player checkers shifting in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for specific techniques at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon tactics to complete your game.

The Priming Game Plan

If the purpose of the blocking strategy is to slow down the opponent to shift his chips, the Priming Game tactic is to completely stop any movement of the opposing player by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or end up in a damaged position if he/she ever tries to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be built anyplace between point 2 and point 11 in your game board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the activity of the opponent, the competitor does not even get to roll the dice, that means you shift your checkers and toss the dice again. You will win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game strategy are very similar – to harm your competitor’s positions with hope to better your chances of succeeding, but the Back Game tactic uses seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game plan is generally used when you’re far behind your competitor. To participate in Backgammon with this strategy, you have to hold two or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single checker) late in the game. This plan is more challenging than others to employ in Backgammon seeing as it requires careful movement of your checkers and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice roll.